KJV dictionary & concordance
Before the present or stated time; by this time.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 1:5
Complete exact-word concordance
Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Is there any thing, whereof it may be sayd, See, this is new? it hath beene already of olde time, which was before vs.
¶ And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
¶ And I turned my selfe to behold wisedome, and madnesse and folly: for what can the man doe, that commeth after the king? euen that which hath bene already done.
1611 marginal noteOr, in those things which haue bene already done.
1611 marginal noteChap. 1.17. and 7.23.
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
That which hath beene, is now: and that which is to be, hath alreadie beene, and God requireth that which is past.
1611 marginal noteHeb. that which is driuen away.
1611 marginal noteCha.1.9.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more then the liuing which are yet aliue.
1611 marginal noteIob 3.17. &c.
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
That which hath bene, is named already, and it is knowen that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier then he.
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Historical English dictionary sources
alred'dy. [all and ready. See Ready.] Literally, a state of complete preparation; but, by an easy deflection, the sense is, at this time, or at a specified time. Elias is come already Matthew 17:12. Joseph was in Egypt already Exodus 1:5.
